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mars COMBINATION GARMENT Filed May 31, 1946 [N V EN TOR.

Patented May 8, 1951 LADYS COMBINATION GARMENT Sigmund W. Kunstadter, Chicago, Ill., assignor to The Formfit Company, Chicago, 111.

Application May 31, 1946, Serial No. 673,313

2 Claims.

The invention relates to ladies contour garments for forming a styled support for dresses or gowns, but more particularly to garments of a combination type which will combine the effective features of a brassiere and a slip, and has for its objects the creation of such a garment which will accentuate the beauties of the human form, conform to present day conventions, and promote the development of progressive styling.

A further object of the invention is to provide a garment of this type which will be simple in construction, economical to manufacture and highly eificient in use.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists of the combinations and arrangements of the parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a front view of such a garment embodying the invention; and

Figure 2 is a rear view of Figure 1.

The embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawings is a one-piece garment comprising a brassiere and a slip which may be constructed of fabrics made from cotton, silk, and/or from synthetics such as rayon, nylon or the like. These are to be laid and out either in line or on bias, as the characteristics of the material and its use determine.

The slip in, forming the lower part of the garment, comprises panels II and i2, as shown in Figure 1, and panels l3 and [4 shown in Figure 2. These panels H, l2, l3 and I4 extend downwardly from the natural waistline [5 of the wearer, increasing in width therefrom and in relative proportion of parts necessary to attain the contour of the form desired. The bottom of the slip is finished with the conventional hem I6 used for such purpose.

The bodice or brassiere part of the garment extends upwardly of the waistline l5, where the panel I6 is attached to the slip panel l2 by a suitable seam for the purpose. similarly arranged and attached to the slip panel ll. Each of the panels 16 and I1 are provided with cut-out portions leaving curved marginal edges l8 to allow the panels to lie close to the body of the wearer below the breasts, and an upwardly projecting middle portion that hugs the chest between the breasts as will be readily understood. A breast band l9 having suitable compound curved upper and lower marginal edges and 2| respectively, is formed of two sections A panel I! is u the body of the wearer.

22 and 23 joined together with the continuation of the seam 24 which joins the panels 16 and I1, and is attached thereto as shown in Figure 1.

The use of the upper compound curved marginal edge 2 provides means for fitting the chest of the wearer snugly and comfortably, and the lower compound curved marginal edge 2| provides suitable elliptical openings to each of which is attached a multiple stitched fabric 25 forming the cupped fronts of the elliptical pockets 25 arranged in spaced alignment circumferentially of said garment.

The panels 21 and 28 are of somewhat irregu- 1ar shape, adapted to lie snugly against the body of the wearer, having side margins joining the front panels I1 and [8 respectively, and upwardly projecting portions terminating at points 29. Shoulder straps 3| are attached to the said points 29 and adapted to extend over the shoulders of the wearer for support of the garment. The straps 3| are further provided with bifurcated terminals 32 attached to the upper marginal edges of the breast band l9 in spaced relation, as best shown in Figure 1. By this arrangement the upper edges of the brassiere portion of the garment are comfortably and efiiciently held against the body of the wearer.

To provide means for holding the garment at substantially the natural waistline of the wearer, suitable triangular inserts forming gores 33 are of suitable elastic material arranged to yieldably draw the garment toward the said waistline. In this respect it is to be particularly noted and, as best shown in Figure 2, that the arrangement of the gores 33 at the junctures of the panels I3, 21 and I7, and also It, 28 and I8, are so arranged as to draw each of said panels toward the waistline of the wearer.

In order that the garment may be quickly tightened against the body of the wearer, conventional hook and eye fasteners 36 and 31 are arranged as shown in Figure 1. Just below the hook and eye fasteners 36 and 31 a suitable slide fastener arrangement 34 is provided which extends from a point adjacent the top of the brassire panel I! downwardly and below the waistline l5 along the seam 35 to the bottom of the seam 35, where. the fastener closing mechanism is stationed, when the fasteners 34 are released from engagement. By placing the hook and eye fasteners in engagement first, the garment is drawn upwardly so as to hug the chest, and then by moving the slide fasteners into closed position the garment is brought into correct position on By this arrangement 3 the garment may be quickly donned or removed as desired without placing undue strain on slide fastener mechanism.

While I have illustrated and described an embodiment of the invention, I do not wish to be limited by the precise details thereof, but desire to avail myself of such changes and modifications as the changed styles and scarcity of materials ma) dictate. I therefore desire to avail myself of such alterations and substitutions of materials and means as will fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a ladies contour garment comprising, in combination, a slip portion and a brassiere'portion, the said slip portion comprising front and rear panels extending downwardy from the natural waist line of the wearer, the said brassiere portion extending upwardly from said natural waist line comprising a combined right front and back panel, and a combined left front and back panel, vertically connected to each other at the front median line between the breasts of the wearer; a breast band having a right upwardly curved portion and a left upwardly curved portion joined at their inner ends to each other and attached at the free ends thereof to said combined right front and rear panels, and to said left front and rear panel, respectively; a lower central portion of said breast band attached to the upper edges of said right and left panels at substantially the central vertical line of said brassiere portion, a downwardly extending curved marginal edge on the upper part of each front panel portion spaced from each other, there being a pair of margined elliptical apertures formed in spaced transverse alignment; and a closure for each of said apertures comprising an inwardly opening and outwardly projecting pocket insert secured to the marginal edges of each aperture, the under portion of each pocket being in close proximity to the body of the wearer.

2. The construction specified in claim 1 in which the said pocket inserts are substantially semi-elliptical in outer form, having a wall of even thickness reinforced by a plurality of rows of stitches, each row of stitches being arranged to cross a plurality of rows approximately at right angles to each other.

SIGMUND W. KUNSTADTER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,108,894 Kopp et al Feb. 22, 1938 2,180,391 Blair Nov. 21, 1939 2,239,217 Bullinger Apr, 22, 1941 2,310,855 Manson Feb. 9, 1943 2,370,852 Espinosa Mar. 6, 1945 

